Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Frame v. Frame 32 W. Va. 463 1889 1 West Virginia
Combs v. Scott 76 Wis. 662 1890 1 Wisconsin
Miller v. Lorentz 39 W. Va. 160 1894 1 West Virginia
Rockecharlie v. Rockecharlie 2 Va. Dec. 582 1898 1 Virginia
Gillaspie v. James 48 W. Va. 284 1900 1 West Virginia
Fessenden's Estate 170 Pa. 631 1895 1 Pennsylvania
McCormick v. Jordon 65 W. Va. 86 1909 1 West Virginia
Cooper v. Cooper 65 W. Va. 712 1909 1 West Virginia
Berry v. Berry 83 W. Va. 763 1919 1 West Virginia
Farrar v. Goodwin 98 W. Va. 215 1925 1 West Virginia
Sponaugle v. Warner 98 W. Va. 532 1925 1 West Virginia
Pinkston v. Brewster, Solomon & Co. 14 Ala. 315 1848 1 Alabama
Griffin v. Sheffield 38 Miss. 359 1860 1 Mississippi
Clarkson v. Clarkson 18 Barb. 646 1855 1 New York
Goodrum v. State 60 Ga. 509 1878 1 Georgia
Kelly v. Strouse & Bros. 116 Ga. 872 1903 1 Georgia
Marshall v. Pierce 136 Ga. 543 1911 1 Georgia
State v. Chaney 375 Md. 168 2003 1 Maryland
Proctor v. Bigelow 38 Mich. 282 1878 1 Michigan
Dunn v. Dunnaker 87 Mo. 597 1885 1 Missouri